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1920 Map of Daton Peak

Name: 1920 Topographic Map of Daton Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1920
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1920

About this map

The Yampa River valley and the high Williams Fork Mountains dominate this 1915–1916 survey, capturing a rugged landscape of early 20th-century ranching and resource extraction. The northern edge follows the Denver and Salt Lake railroad through Hayden, where the valley gives way to coal mining operations at the Cary Mines. Further south, the terrain climbs toward Daton Peak and the timbered reaches of the White River National Forest.

Evidence of established homesteads and rural community life is visible in the isolated settlements of Pagoda and the Willow Creek Store, supported by the Pagoda School and Dunstan School. Family-named landmarks such as Jim Dunns Mine and Cary Ranch highlight the individual efforts to settle this section of Northwest Colorado before modern infrastructure transformed the region. The map also records the jurisdictional transition along the Moffat Co Routt Co line across the high ridges.